Jade Gresham he's ok

[freely]

And to think we got Carlisle as steak knives!

[Bluthy]

Jade the Eel (slippery as). Amazing maneuverability with that low centre of gravity and chunky legs. Started landing his passes too which we were told was strength. Seems to have a great self-belief - even screwing up a certain goal didn't dent his confidence later - what a great goal. He's one of the players who seems to almost play within himself ad does everything with a neatness. When he really gets the speed of AFL under his belt and his reactions become a bit quicker he could be anything.

[Legendary]

Surely Gresham is in the top 5 players from last year's draft career to date?

[Goose is king]

[quote="Legendary"]Surely Gresham is in the top 5 players from last year's draft career to date?[/quote]


Weitering
Parish
Oliver
Mills
Adams (mature recruit)
Gresham/Schache/Hopper
They are the eight I would have in the mix for top 5 to date

[skeptic]

One can believe the recruiting departments claim that they rated him as the 5th best player in that draft

[ben_fff]

Jades handpassing and vision in the contest is unbelieveable. Against Carlton he threaded a handpass out of the scrum through 3 players to a player running on the outside. He hit another one last night as well. Combine that vision with his ability to baulk and change direction... the kid could be elite.

[longtimesaint]

Jades handpassing and vision in the contest is unbelieveable. Against Carlton he threaded a handpass out of the scrum through 3 players to a player running on the outside. He hit another one last night as well. Combine that vision with his ability to baulk and change direction... the kid could be elite.

I wonder if he is a chance for the Rising star nomination this week?

[Sainternist]

Wow, we're only just seeing him in his rookie season. Just imagine what he'll be like once he comes of age!

[Linton Lodger]

Smart and clean around the footy

A distributor not ball carrier but is classy

Don't forget his side step, very nice indeed.

[saintsRrising]

One can believe the recruiting departments claim that they rated him as the 5th best player in that draft

Or at least the 5th best available after taking into account the Academy players that we could not get.

[BigMart]

The recruiting dept have never claimed that

[Munga]

A bit like Greg Williams?

[prwilkinson]

Jades handpassing and vision in the contest is unbelieveable. Against Carlton he threaded a handpass out of the scrum through 3 players to a player running on the outside. He hit another one last night as well. Combine that vision with his ability to baulk and change direction... the kid could be elite.

I wonder if he is a chance for the Rising star nomination this week?

Surely.

[prwilkinson]

Jades handpassing and vision in the contest is unbelieveable. Against Carlton he threaded a handpass out of the scrum through 3 players to a player running on the outside. He hit another one last night as well. Combine that vision with his ability to baulk and change direction... the kid could be elite.

I wonder if he is a chance for the Rising star nomination this week?

Surely.

[perfectionist]

Gresh reminds me a little of Wanganeen.

Dunno, he doesn't seem to stage for frees when tackled around the waste.

[perfectionist]

He's taken forever to come good!

[Con Gorozidis]

A bit like Greg Williams?

Yeah. I can see that.

[BackFromUSA]

I see Maurice Rioli and David Rodan.

[Bernard Shakey]

I see Maurice Rioli and David Rodan.

David who?

[SainterK]

I see Jade Gresham...

[Bernard Shakey]

I see Jade Gresham...

Me too!

[Wombat15]

That carlisle trade is looking the goods at this very stage. Greshams composure is outstanding very rarely makes the wrong decision. Only knock on him is his "on the run" kicking. Seems to be getting better week by week. Finally his clinical finish in the last qtr gets more impressive every time i watch it.

[BackFromUSA]

hmmm David Rodan ... yeah ... nothing like jade ... sorry

[saintsRrising]

The recruiting dept have never claimed that

It was a post on Bigfooty I believe that claimed that during the draft that the StKilda CEO at the time Gresham was picked showed the forumite his mobile showing how StKilda ranked the candidates and that Gresham was a much lower pick on that list. As the recruiting department would have made the rankings and not the CEO that is where that story came from.

Whether the BF forumite is to be believed or not is another matter.

[saintsRrising]

The other point to note on Jade is that he is the youngest player on our list, and one of the younger players in the AFL. So lots of improvement to come most likely.